DIETRICH BONHOEFFER WORKS, VOLUME 3

DIETRICH BONHOEFFER

Creation and Fall

A Theological Exposition of Genesis 1–3

Translated from the German Edition

Edited by

Martin Rüter and Ilse Tödt

English Edition

Edited by

John W. de Gruchy

Translated by

Douglas Stephen Bax

DIETRICH BONHOEFFER WORKS, Volume 3

First Fortress Press paperback edition 2004

Originally published in German as Dietrich Bonhoeffer Werke, Band 3, by Chr. Kaiser Verlag in 1988. First English-language edition of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 3, published by Fortress Press in 1997.

Schöpfung und Fall first published in German by Chr. Kaiser Verlag in 1937. Original English-language edition of Creation and Fall published in 1959 by SCM Press, Ltd., and in 1965 by Macmillan Publishing Company. New English-language translation of Creation and Fall with new supplementary material first published in 1997 by Fortress Press as part of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works.

Copyright:

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 3: Copyright © 1997 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. New Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works English-language translation of material first published as Schöpfung und Fall (Creation and Fall): Copyright © 1997 SCM Press, Ltd. and Macmillan Publishing Co. All rights reserved. All other material original to Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works edition of Schöpfung und Fall (Creation and Fall), including the General Editor’s Foreword, Editor’s Introduction, abbreviations, bibliographies, indexes, and some notes: Copyright © 1997 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved.

Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without permission of the copyright holder. Write to permissions at: Augsburg Fortress, Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440; Macmillan Publishing Company, 866 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022; SCM Press, Ltd., 9-17 St. Albans Place, London, UK N1 0NX.

Jacket design: Cheryl Watson

Cover photo: Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Used by permission of Chr. Kaiser/Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh, Germany.

Internal design: The HK Scriptorium, Inc.

ISBN 0-8006-8323-4

The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906–1945.

[Schöpfung und Fall. English]

Creation and fall: a theological exposition of Genesis 1–3 / Dietrich Bonhoeffer; translated from the German edition edited by Martin Rüter and Ilse Tödt; English edition edited by John W. de Gruchy; translated by Douglas Stephen Bax.

p. cm.—(Dietrich Bonhoeffer works; v. 3)

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes.

ISBN 0-8006-8303-X (alk. paper)

1. Bible. O.T. Genesis I–III—Commentaries. 2. Creation. 3. Fall. I. De Gruchy, John W. II. Bax, Douglas S. III. Title. IV. Series: Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906–1945. Works. English. 1996; v. 3. BR45.B6513 1996 vol. 3

[BS1235.B653]

230′.044—dc21

[222′.1106]

97-36937

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